How to Hire the Best Project Managersby Alexandra Levit - Oct, 2014When you bring in new project managers, do you do so strategically?
Interviewing is subjective, of course, but for the essential job of Project Manager, you want your process to be as bulletproof as possible. After all, ending up with a bad Project Manager could cost you big time. Fortunately, PMO director Russell Harley is here to share his best practices for making the right hiring decisions upfront.
Alexandra Levit: R...

Rising to the Top: Busting Job Search Myths at 64by Mindy Thomas - Sep, 2014When my boomer buddy, a global SVP, informed me that he landed a new job in less than 60 days after getting laid off from his company after 20 years, I shouted with joy. With over 3 million baby boomers currently unemployed, we all know how tough it is.
I asked him, “Do you realize that you just shattered your own myth about not being hireable because you are ‘over the hill’, have grey hair and are 64 years old?”
I will...

Becoming the Boss: How to Manage Your Peersby Lindsey Pollak - Sep, 2014As I wrote earlier this month, the second step to becoming the boss is to face the challenge of being a manager and taking on your first official workplace leadership role. It won’t be easy because you’ll have a lot to learn as you go, but managing other people will be exciting and incredibly gratifying.
One challenge you’re likely to face as you move from being “just one of the team” to being in an official leadership role...

Closing the Leadership Gender Gapby Dorothy Montgomery - Sep, 2014A great blog and website for women is called LeadingWomen.biz. I’m very excited to share their findings from a recent study titled: Closing the Leadership Gender Gap.
I’m sure you’ve heard these statistics or something similar:
4.6% of Fortune 1000 CEOs are women
In 1998, 11.2% of corporate officers in Fortune 500 companies were women. This percentage has risen to 15.7% and has not significantly changed since 2008....

Bad News for Buttoned-Up Leadersby Dr. Maynard Brusman - Sep, 2014"Great leaders move us. They ignite our passion and inspire the best in us. When we try to explain why they are so effective, we speak of strategy, vision or powerful ideas. But the reality is much more primal. Great leadership works through the emotions.” ~ Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee, Primal Leadership (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013)
Most of my emotional intelligence-based executive coaching and...

EQ and Emotional Expressiveness for Leadersby Dr. Maynard Brusman - Sep, 2014“Great leaders move us. They ignite our passion and inspire the best in us. When we try to explain why they are so effective, we speak of strategy, vision or powerful ideas. But the reality is much more primal. Great leadership works through the emotions.” ~ Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee, Primal Leadership (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013)
Most of my executive coaching clients are very bright, but st...

Does Your Head Overrule Your Heart?by Dr. Maynard Brusman - Sep, 2014“Great leaders move us. They ignite our passion and inspire the best in us. When we try to explain why they are so effective, we speak of strategy, vision or powerful ideas. But the reality is much more primal. Great leadership works through the emotions.”
~ Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee, Primal Leadership (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013)
Most of my executive coaching clients are highly analytica...

Six Myths About Emotions for Leadersby Dr. Maynard Brusman - Sep, 2014“Great leaders move us. They ignite our passion and inspire the best in us. When we try to explain why they are so effective, we speak of strategy, vision or powerful ideas. But the reality is much more primal. Great leadership works through the emotions.”
~ Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee, Primal Leadership (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013)
Most of my executive coaching clients are highly intelligent,...

Small Mistakes with Big Resultsby Robin Schlinger - Sep, 2014Often small mistakes on a resume have the potential to upset a job applicant’s chances. For example:
The absence of a two letter word is easy overlook when proofreading a resume—in this sentence, the word “to” is missing. Other frequently dropped words are “as,” “by,” “on,” and “in.”
Redundancies may creep in: “$2 million dollars” and “approximately in the range of” are redundant.
Missing periods and commas are common in re...

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